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smash


Dooney & Bourke

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we moved into a much larger 2BR apartment about a month ago, leaving our old tiny 1BR behind. i've been busy trying to decorate and make the place feel like home, so i wanted to share a few before and after photos of the two rooms that are actually finished...


the kitchen -


before (when we first moved in)
Kitchen_Before.jpg 


after (with lots of colorful touches)
Kitchen_After1.jpg Kitchen_After3.jpg 


we are planning to get some new chairs for our little eating nook, but other than that the kitchen is basically done. the curtain is made from half a vintage Vera bedsheet and the tablecloth is a sarong that we bought on our honeymoon in Bali. The "art" is actually 2 vintage Vera napkins framed in t-shirt frames from UO.


my office/studio -
where all of the magic happens. :)


before
office1.jpg office3.jpg


after (it's soooo nice to have so much space just for my business stuff!)
Office_After1.jpg



Office_After2.jpg


Office_After3.jpg


i painted it a really soft celery green color and added accents in bright colors like turquoise, coral and pink - it's a very inspiring environment. it's not completely done (the other wall is completely empty right now) but it's a really nice space to work in.


so that's just a few shots of how our new apartment has started coming together.


 



-- Edited by smash at 16:27, 2006-09-18

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Hermes

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It looks great smash!  I love your office - it's so pretty and looks like it'd be lovely to spend the work day in there.

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Looks great!  Your office looks like it is a nice size and love the paint color.  And all of your window treatments are so you.  Congrats on the new place and going full time with your business!!!

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I love your apartment! And the office is so cool...I work from home and I wish I had such a good work environment. I would love to go to work in there every day!

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you've done an amazing job! i love how *you* this place looks, and so well organized and pretty.

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Oh my goodness!  It is so pretty!  And I love how beautiful your home office is.  It's so clean...it must be easy to work there.  I wish I could say the same for mine!

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What a nice sized kitchen for NYC. Such a smart girl - i spotted the quintessential cooking MUST - the La Creuset braising pot (3 qt., i think).


Congratulations on your new apartment.



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Dooney & Bourke

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Wow! What a difference! I love the bright colors, it makes the place look so much more fun and home-y. You did a great job! I am sure that you can get LOTS of work done in such an awesome office.

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I love your office!  It looks so bright and cheerful!

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Kate Spade

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Love the office!!!  It looks so nice and airy and inviting!  especially love the curtains and the pale color!  awesome job!

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Dooney & Bourke

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love!


your dining nook is so cute!  i love the bookshelf...actually i just love everything.  great curtains too!



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thanks everyone!


the next project is the bedroom. i actually painted a headboard (using a stencil featured in an issue of Domino a while back), but I missed up the measurement (doh!) and my bed hides most of the headboard when the pillows are on the bed. :( so i'm trying to decide if i should repaint it or paint over it or how i can lower our bed without sacrificing all of the space underneath (which we need for storage) - i'm thinking of getting rid of our box spring. not sure though.


a few shots of the painted headboard with and without the bed in front of it -


headboard2.jpg headboard1-1.jpg


PICT0128-1.jpg


*this is before we had any other decor in the bedroom, so it looks so empty!



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Hermes

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Oh, that faux headboard looks so great!  I'd repaint a little higher.

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LOVE the painted headboard. i know it's a bunch of work, but i think i'd repaint the wall, then repaint the headboard. i think it would be worth the trouble. i'm a freak though, i love to paint.

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The apartment looks nice.  Good job on the headboard!  I wanted to try that but I figured it would come out all uneven looking (I'm not the best painter).  Would you be able to repaint just the top-half a little higher since the bed will hide the rest?  I'm sure you could find a lower platform type bedframe but then you would lose valuable storage space!


Can I just say as a fellow NYC girl I am WAY jealous of that kitchen, it's huge by new york standards.


 


 



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Love your office!!!



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it looks great! Congrats!

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